Adjustable reclining chaise



March 1958 H. c. PEDERSON ET AL 2,825,392

ADJUSTABLE RECLINING CHAI SE Filed May 7, 1956 JIVNVENTORS HENRYQPEDERSON BY ROGER L. BARNETT ATTORNEY United States Patent 6 ADJUSTABLE RECLINING CHAISE Henry C. Pederson, Elkhart, and Roger L. Barnett, Benton, Ind., assignors to The Hettrick Manufacturing Company, Toledo, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application May 7, 1956, Serial No. 583,004

1 Claim. (Cl. 155-159) This invention relates to reclining chairs or chaise lounges but more particularly to an adjustable arm rest for same by which the position of the back can be controlled selectively and an object is to produce a new and improved adjustable arm rest structure of this character which is extremely simple and reliable in construction, convenient to operate, has a minimum of parts, can be readily and conveniently assembled, and which can be manufactured economically on a large scale production basis.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and for purposes of illustration but not of limitation an embodiment of the invention is shown on the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a chaise lounge embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation of the chaise lounge shown in Figure 1 and showing particularly the manner in which the arm rests are actuated for adjusting the position of the back frame;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view partly in longitudinal section showing the manner in which the arm rest is mounted on the supporting frame; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the keeper plate.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention comprises a chaise lounge having a substantially rectangular seat frame equipped with the usual springs and having a suitable cushion pad or the like thereon. The seat is supported by a tubular support 11 which has a substantially U-shaped front leg 12 secured to the seat frame and a rear downwardly extending leg 12a which in this instance may be mounted on wheels 12b. Intermediate the leg parts 12 and 12a is an upwardly arched integral portion 13 which, as will hereinafter appear, provides a mounting for the arm rests. It will be understood that the arrangement is the same on each side of the seat frame 10 so a description of the one side is deemed sufiicient. Pivoted at 15 to the rear end of the seat frame 10 is a substantially U-shaped back frame 14 which carries a suitable cushion or pad and may be equipped with the usual cushion springs (not shown).

Helical coil springs 16 are disposed at opposite sides of the back frame 14 and extend to the upwardly bowed portion 13 of the frame to assist in raising the back rest frame as will be readily understood.

Sheet metal arm rests 17 are pivoted at 18 to oppo site sides of the back frame 14 intermediate the ends thereof and as shown the arm rest is of papered channel form, being narrower at the rear end where it engages the back rest frame and wider at the front end portion. Each arm rest 17 is pivoted at 18 to the back rest and the front portion fits over the upper portion of the upwardly bowed frame part 13. Secured to the underside of each arm rest adjacent the front end thereof is a latching plate 19 which is of sheet metal and of elongate 2,825,392 Patented Mar. 4, 1958 ice form having upstanding end walls 20 which terminate in outwardly extending bracket ends 21. The bracket ends 21 are secured by rivets 22 to the underside of each arm rest and are concealed by the downwardly extending sides of the channel form. The latching plate 19 is formed with a longitudinally elongate slot 23 which in this instance has three equidistantly spaced enlargements 24, one being at each end of the slot and one in the center thereof. These enlargements are to receive a cylindrical keeper body 25 which has a reduced stem 26 extending through the respective frame portion 23. A spring metal snap-0n washer 27 engages the free end of the stem 26 to hold the device in position. Extending upwardly from the cylindrical body 25 is a reduced neck 28 of such size that it may slide along the elongate slot 23. At the upper end of the neck 28 is an enlarged disc-like head 29, larger than the enlargements 24 so that the arm rests cannot become freed from the latching plate. It will be observed that a conical upper end portion 25a is provided on the cylindrical body 25 to facilitate slipping the arm rest over the body to secure the back in the adjusted position.

It will be manifest that by lifting up on the front portion of the arm rests as indicated on Figure 2 by the broken line that the back frame 14 can be moved forwardly or rearwardly as desired and when the desired position has been reached, the arm rests are forced down so that the body 25 will enter one of the enlargements 24, thereby positively to lock the back in the position of adjustment. It will be apparent that three positions of adjustment are shown but this number may be varied as desired.

Numerous changes in details of construction, arrangement and operation may be effected without departing from the spirit of the invention, especially as defined in the appended claim.

What we claim is:

:In an adjustable reclining chaise comprising a seat frame, a standard for said seat frame, parts extending above the seat frame on each side to receive arm rests, a back frame pivotally mounted to swing toward and away from the seat frame, arm rests pivotally connected to the back frame and extending forwardly therefrom to overlie said parts, the improvement comprising a latching plate fixed to the underside of and depending from each arm rest and having a longitudinally elongate slot provided with spaced enlargements, said latching plate bein wholly concealed by the channeled arm rest, and a. keeper element fixed to each of said parts and projecting upwardly therefrom, said element having a cylindrical portion to enter selectively said enlargements, a reduced neck above said cylindrical portion to slide freely in said slot, an enlarged head on the upper end of said neck to prevent the keeper from separating from the latching plate, and a conical surface on the upper end of said cylindrical portion to guide the latching plate into engagement with the keeper element.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 57,153 Kline et al Aug. 14, 1866 85,481 Schmitt Dec. 29, 1868 145,595 Schastey Dec. 16, 1873 485,273 Hacklaender Nov. 1, 1892 2,690,793 Pederson et al. Oct. 5, 1954 FOREIGN PATENTS 6,787 Great Britain 1886 159,779 Great Britain Mar. 10, 1921 

